Useing VGA and dvi

Cody Malo · Sep 21, 2014

so i currently have a gtx 660 sc installed and running on my pc i was wondering if i could use my tv as a second monitor however it only has a VGA input. so my question is if i hooked up the vga to my mobo and have my first monitor on dvi hooked up to gtx 660 SC and then my second monitor (my TV) hooked up via a VGA via mobo would it work?

DarkSable · Sep 21, 2014

Via motherboard, no. Just grab a VGA to DVI adapter.

Thaisnang · Sep 21, 2014

You'll need to connect it with the GPU. Grad VGa to dvi adapter. Make sure you get a DVI-I to VGA. Not DVI-D to VGA. MOst of the DVI-D to VGA is nothing but BS.

k1114 · Sep 21, 2014

Depends on the mobo actually. Also don't confuse a vga to dvi with a dvi to vga adapter. Dvi-d to vga is not bs, they are made for converter boxes not gpus.

Cody Malo · Sep 21, 2014

Thanks!

k1114 · Sep 21, 2014

You can use the mobo and your graphics card at the same time.

DarkSable · Sep 22, 2014

k1114 :

It depends on your motherboard and your graphics card. AMD cards (well, their drivers) have horrible hissy fits when you plug a second monitor into the motherboard that take an insanely long time to fix if you haven't seen it before. (They also have hissy fits when you plug a second monitor into a DVI port using a VGA adapter, but hey.)

k1114 · Sep 22, 2014

That doesn't happen to my amd.

DarkSable · Sep 22, 2014

It's only a first time occurrence - after you fix it, you can unplug and replug however much you like.

Good to hear it's not a universal issue, though... but I've encountered it twice, once with a 7850 and once with a new r7 260x.

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